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Wiggins, Raptors vow to continue racial justice work after the restart tips off
John Wiggins' big fear was that when the NBA restart tipped off in Florida, the world would forget about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, and the conversation around racial injustice wo...
Jul 30, 2020
PA Service Canada Centres Open
The Prince Albert Service Canada Centre is now open to the public, however we are only providing critical in-person services and limiting the number of people allowed in the office at one time. Due to...
Jul 30, 2020
Naked 2021 Calendar Fundraiser
With Covid-19 shutting down all revenue streams for our local curling club and community centre, the Lakeland Curling Club in Christopher Lake decided that printing the 2020-21 Naked Calendar they had...
Jul 30, 2020
Mass killer had hiding spaces for guns, but drug smuggling not verified: RCMP
HALIFAX - RCMP investigators confirmed Thursday that the gunman who went on a rampage in Nova Scotia in April had hidden compartments in buildings and had converted personal assets into ...
Jul 30, 2020
Melfort Fire responds to truck fire in Resource
A truck is a total loss after it caught fire in the Hamlet of Resource on Wednesday, July 29.Melfort Fire and Rescue crews responded shortly after 9 p.m. and when they arrived, the truck was engulfed ...
Jul 30, 2020
Tisdale Motor Speedway completes first race during coronavirus pandemic
Tisdale Motor Speedway completed its first lap amidst the coronavirus pandemic.The first race wrapped up on Saturday, July 18, and according to the Northeast Stock Car Drivers Association's President ...
Jul 30, 2020
Gaga, Grande top MTV VMA noms; quarantine categories added
NEW YORK - It's raining nominations for Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's "Rain on Me" at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, which will present new categories focused on live performances and music videos c...
Jul 30, 2020
In an upside-down summer, 'Jaws,' 'E.T.' are hits again
NEW YORK - When historians look back on the top films at the box office in the summer of 2020, they may feel like they've slipped into a time warp, or maybe "Back to the Future." Over the second weeke...
Jul 30, 2020
Saskatchewan records 18th death from COVID-19
Saskatchewan has recorded its 18th death in relation to COVID-19.The person was from the South, had tested positive for the virus, and was in their 90s.The information was part of the latest daily pro...
Jul 30, 2020
Ottawa initially refused to hold joint inquiry into mass killing: N.S. minister
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says he privately pushed Ottawa for a full federal-provincial public inquiry into the April mass shooting but federal officials initially r...
Jul 30, 2020